German Aces of WW2 Hannes Gentzen, 1st Luftwaffe Ace of WW2, opens his account by downing a Polish PZL 37. Artist unknown (game?)

Experten - Luftwaffe Aces of WW2

(Luftwaffe Aces known to be Austrian can be found on the Austrian page. The same holds true for other nationalities)

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	"Bubi" Erich Alfred Hartmann	(JG52, JG53) 352  (in 1456 missions)
	"Gerd" Erich Gerhard Barkhorn	(JG52, JG6, JV44) 301  (in 1104 missions)  *
-- the highest scoring aces in the world --
	Gunther Rall	(JG52, JG11, JG300) 275  (in 621 missions)  *
	"Bruno" "Bruni" * Otto Kittel	(JG54, captured - escaped, KIA 16feb45) 267  (in 583 missions)   *
	"Willi" Wilhelm Batz	(JG52) 237  (in 445 missions)  *
	"Fighter of Libau" Erich Rudorffer	(JG2, JG54 & JG7, got 13 kills in 17 minutes) 224   (86 in the west)  *
	"Pritzl" Oskar-Heinz Bar	(JG51, 77, 1, 3, EJG2 & JV44, 125 in the west) 220   (16 w/a jet)
	Hermann Graf	(JG51, 52, JGr50, JG11, 1st to reach 200) 212
	* Heinrich Ehrler	(JG77, 5 & 7, KIA 4apr45) 209  *  *
	"Theo" Theodor Weissenberger	(JG5 & JG7) 208
	"Fips" * Hans Philipp	(JG76, 54 & 1, KIA 8oct43) 206
	Walter Schuck	(JG5 & JG7) 206
	"Toni" * Anton Hafner	(JG51, KIA 17oct44) 204
	Helmut Lipfert	(JG52 & JG53) 203  *

	"Krupi" "Count Punski" Walter Krupinski	(JG52, 5, 11, 26 & JV44) 197
	"Toni" Anton Hackl	(JG77, 11, 26 & 300) 192   *
	Joachim Brendel	(JG51) 189
	* Joachim Kirschner	(JG3 & JG27, KIA 17dec43) 188
	* Kurt Hans Friedrich Brandle	(JG53 & 3, KIA 3nov43) 180
	Gunther Josten	(JG51) 178
	"Macky" Johannes Steinhoff	(JG26, 52, 77, 7 & JV44) 178
	Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert	(JG77, 27 & 7) 174
	Gunther Schack	(JG3 & JG51) 174
	"Bully" * Emil Lang	(JG54 & 26, KIA 3sep44) 173  (18 in 1 day)  *
	"Johnny" * Heinz Schmidt	(JG52, MIA 5sep43) 173
	* Horst Ademeit	(JG54, MIA 7aug44) 166  *
	* Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke	(JG54 & 3, KIA 23mar44) 162  *
	"Jochen" "The Eagle of Africa" * Hans-Joachim Marseille	(JG52 & 27 KIFA 30sep42) 158  (17 in 1 day)
	* Heinrich Sturm	(JG52, KiFA 22dec44) 158
	"Gerd" Gerhard Thyben	(JG3 & JG54) 157
	* Hans Beisswenger	(JG54, KIA 6mar43) 152
	"Bonifaz" Peter Duttmann	(JG52) 152

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	Fritz Tegtmeier	(JG54 & JG7) 146
	* Albin Wolf	(JG1 & JG54, KIA 2apr44) 144 (+32 unconfimed)
	Kurt Tanzer	(JG51) 143 - 128
	"Tutti" * Friedrich-Karl Muller	(JG53 7 JG3, KIFA 29may44) 140
	* Friedrich Wachowiak	(JG52 & JG3, KIA 16jul44) 140 - 120
	* Heinrich Setz	(JG77 & JG27, KIA 13mar43) 138
	Rudolf Trenkel	(JG77 & JG52) 138   *
	Walter Wolfrum	(JG52) 137
	* Otto Fonnekold	(JG52, KIA 31aug44) 136
	* Karl-Heinz Weber	(JG51 & JG1, KIA 7jun44) 136
	* Horst-Gunther von Fassong	(JG51 & JG11, KIA 1jan45) 136 - 75
	* Joachim Muncheberg	(JG26, 51 & 77, KIA 23mar43) 135
	"Dackel" * Hans Waldmann	(JG52 & JG7, KiFA 18mar45) 134
	"Hannes" Johannes Wiese	(JG52 & JG77) 133  (+75 probs)
	Alfred Grislawski	(JG52, r50, 1 & 53) 133
	Adolf Borchers	(JG77, 51 & 52) 132
	* Erwin Clausen	(LG2, JG77 & 11, KIA 4oct43) 132
	Adolf Dickfeld	(JG52, 2 & 11) 132
	* Wilhelm Lemke	(JG3, KIA 4dec43) 131   *
	"Fakken" * Gerhard Hoffmann	(JG52, KiFA 11apr45) 130
	Walter Dahl	(JG3 & JG300, 36  4/E bombers) 129
	Franz Eisenach	(ZG76, JG1 & JG54) 129
	"Bazi" * Heinrich Sterr	(JG54, KIA 26nov44) 129
	Franz Dorr	(JG77 & JG5) 128   *
	"Jupp" * Josef Zwernemann	(JG52, 77 & 11, KIA 8apr44) 126
	"Dieter" Dietrich Hrabak	(JG76, 54 & 52) 125
	* Wolf-Udo Ettel	(JG3 & JG27, KIA 17jul43) 124
	Herbert Ihlefeld	(J88, LG2, JG77, 52, 11 & 1, JGr25) 123  (+ 9 in the SCW)
	* Wolfgang Tonne	(JG53, KIFA 20apr43) 122
	"Negus" Heinz Marquardt	(JG51) 121  (+ 16 unconf.) *
	* Erich Leie	(JG2, 51 & 77, KIA 7mar45) 121

"Top Night Fighter" by Stan Stokes shows Heinz Schnaufer

	Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer	(NJG1 & 4, Top Nightfighter, got 9 Lancasters 21feb45) 121   *
	"Bazzi" * Robert Weiss (Weiß)	(JG26 & 54, KIA 29dec44) 121  *
	Friedrich Obleser	(JG52) 120
	"Gulle" * Walter Oesau	(JG51, 3, 2 & 1, KIA 11may44) 118   (+ 8 in the SCW)
	Franz-Josef Beerenbrock	(JG51, POW 9nov42) 117
	* Hans-Joachim Birkner	(JG52, KiFA 14dec44) 117  (in 284 missions)
	* Jakob Norz	(NJG2, JG1 & JG5, KiFA 16sep44) 117
	"Piepl" * Heinz Wernicke	(JG54, KIA 27dec44) 117
	* August Lambert	(SG1, 2 & 77, KIA 17apr45) 116
	Wilhelm Crinius	(JG53, 52 & 27, POW 13jan43) 114
	Werner Schroer	(JG3, 27 & 54) 114   (in 197 missions)
	* Hans Dammers	(JG52, WIA 13, Died 17mar44) 113
	* Berthold Korts	(JG52, MIA 29aug43) 113
	* Helmut Lent	(ZG76, NJG1, 2 & 3) KIA 5oct44) 113 - 110    (102 at night)
	"Bu-Mann" Kurt Buhlingen	(JG2) 112
	"Kuddel" * Kurt Ubben	(JGr186, JG77 & JG2, KIA 27apr44) 110
	Franz Woidich	(JG27, 52 & 400, got 1 with an Me163) 110
	* Emil Bitsch	(JG3, KIA 15mar44) 108
	"Assi" Hans Hahn	(JG2 & JG54, POW 21feb43) 108
	Bernhard Vechtel	(JG51) 108
	Viktor Bauer	(JG51 & JG3, WiFA 10aug42) 106   *
	* Werner Lucas	(JG3, KIA 24oct43) 106
	* Gunther Lutzow	(J88, JG3, 51 & JV44, MIA 24apr45,) 105  (+ 5 in the SCW)
	Eberhard von Boremski	(JG3 & EJG1) 104
	"Wimmersal" Heinz Sachsenberg	(JG52, 7 & JV44) 104  *
	"Dolfo" "Mufti" Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland	(JG27, 26 & JV44, WIA 26apr45) 103  (7 or 8 w/ Me262)
	Siegfried Freytag	(JG77 & JG7, career w/FFL after the war) 102   *
	* Friedrich Geisshardt	(LG2, JG77 & 26, WIA 5th - Died 6apr43) 102
	* Egon Mayer	(JG2, KIA 2mar44 by Walt Gresham) 102
	* Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	(JG21 & JG 54, KIA 9aug42) 102
	Herbert Rollwage	(JG53, 44 were 4-eng bombers) 102
	"Sepp" * Josef Wurmheller	(JG53 & JG2, KIA 22jun44) 102
	"Vati" (Daddy) * Werner Molders	(J88, JG53 & 51, 1st to 100, KIFA 22nov42) 101   (+ 14 in the SCW)
	* Rudolf Miethig	(JG52, KIA 10jun43) 101
	"Pips" Josef Priller	(JG51 & 26) 101  (all in the West)
	Ulrich Wernitz	(JG54) 101
	Reinhard Seiler	(JG54, WIA 6jul43) 100  (+ 9 in the SCW)
	* Paul-Heinrich Dahne	(JG52, 11 & 1, KiFA 24apr45 in He162) 100 - 99 +

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	* Hans Schleef	(JG3, 5 & 4, KIA 31dec44) 99  *
	Wolfgang Spate	(JG54, 400, 7 & Kdo16) 99
	* Horst Hannig	(J88, JG54 & JG2, KIA 15may43) 98
	Gustav-Siegfried Rodel	(JG21 & 27) 98  *
	Rudolf Rademacher	(JG54, Erg.Gr.Nord, JG7) 97
	Hermann Schleinhege	(JG54) 97
	* Heinrich Hofemeier	(JG51, KIA 7aug43) 96  (+12 OTG)  *
	"Dieter" Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber	(JG51, 26, 77, 27 & JV44) 96
	* Leopold Munster	(JG3, KIA 8may44) 95
	* Anton Dobele	(JG54, KIA 11nov43) 94  *
	* Heinrich Klopper	(JG77, 51 & 1, KIA 29nov43) 94
	"Rudi" * Rudolf Muller	(JG77 & 5, POW 19apr43- never seen again) 94
	* Rudolf Resch	(JG77, 52 & 51, KIA 11jul43) 94 - 93
	Helmut Bennemann	(JG52 & JG53) 93
	"Paule" Edmund Rossmann	(JG52, POW 9jul43) 93
	"Wumm" * Siegfried Schnell	(JG2 & JG54, KIA 25feb44) 93  *
	* Gerhard Loos	(JG54, KIA 6mar44) 92
	Oskar Romm	(JG51 & JG3, WIA 24apr45) 92
	Anton Resch	(JG52) 91
	* Georg Schentke	(JG3, MIA 25dec42) 90

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	Heinz Kemethmuller	(JG3 & JG26) 89
	Helmut Ruffler	(JG3, 51 & 7) 88  (+ 10 unconf.)
	"Seppl" Ulrich Wohnert	(JG54) 86 +  *
	* Gerhard Koppen	(JG52, MIA 5may42) 86
	Anton Mader	(JG2, 77, 11 & 54) 86
	* Alexander Preinfalk	(JG51, 77 & 53, KIA 12dec44) 85 +
	* Walter Zellot	(JG53, KIA 10sep42) 85  *
	Heinz Ewald	(JG52) 84  (+ 15 unconf.)
	"Quax" Werner Quast	(JG52, POW 7aug43) 84
	* Franz Beyer	(JG3, KIA 11feb44) 83
	* Heinrich Alexander Ludwig Peter    Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein	(KG51, NJG2, 5, 1 & 3, KIA 22jan44) 83  (Top Ju88 Ace)
	* Otto Wessling	(JG3, KIA 19apr44) 83
	* Hans Gotz	(JG54, KIA 4aug43) 82
	"Specker" Hans Grunberg	(JG3, JG7 & JV44) 82
	* Helmut Missner	(JG54, Erg.Gr.Nord. KIFA 12sep44) 82
	Horst Haase	(JG51 & 3, KIA 26nov44) 82 - 62
	Hugo Broch	(JG54) 81
	* Willi Nemitz	(JG52, KIA 11apr43) 81
	Wilhelm Philipp	(JG26 & 54) 81
	* Hans-Rudolf Wagner	(JG51, MIA 11dec43) 81
	"Anatol" * Max-Hermann Lucke	(JG54 & 51, WIFA 23oct43 - D 8nov43) 81 - 78  *
	* Herbert Bachnick	(JG52, KIA 7aug44) 80

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	* Otto Wurfel	(JG51, POW 23feb44, D 22dec44) 79
	Wolfgang Ewald	(JG52 & 3, POW 14jul43) 78  (1 in the SCW)
	Georg-Peter Eder	(JG51,2, 1, 26 & 7 Kdo.Nowotny, EJG2) 78    (12 with jets)
	"Gaudi" * Heinrich Krafft	(JG51 & 3, KIA 14dec/42) 78
	Karl-Gottfried Nordmann	(JG77 & 51, WiFA 17jan43) 78
	Hubertus von Bonin	(JG26, 54 & 52, KIA 15dec43) 77   (4 in the SCW) *
	Josef Haibock	(JG26, 52 & 3) 77
	*Johannes-Hermann Meier	(JG52 & 26 KiFA 15mar44) 77   *
	Walter Ohlrogge	(JG3 , EJG Sud, EJG1, JG7) 77
	Hans-Joachim Kroschinski	(JG54) 76
	Maximilian Mayerl	(JG51, Erg.Gr.Nord, EJG1) 76
	"Fred" * Alfred Teumer	(JG54, Kdo.Nowotny, JG7 KIA 4oct44) 76
	* Edwin Thiel	(JG52 & 51 KIA 14jul44) 76  *
	* Klaus Mietusch	(JG26 KIA 17sep44) 76 - 72  *
	* Johannes Bunzek	(JG52 KIA 11dec43) 75
	* Helmut Grollmus	(JG54, K 19jun44 - shot after parachuting) 75
	* Hans Roehrig	(JG53 KIA 13jul43) 75  *
	"Gnom" * Joachim Wandel	(JG54 KIA 7oct42) 75  *
	* Waldemar Semelka	(JG52, MIA 21aug42) 75 - 65  *
	Johannes Pichler	(JG77 POW 28aug44) 75 - 52
	Gustav Frielinghaus	(JG3, JGr Sud, EJG1) 74
	"Fritz" * Friedrich Haas	(JG52, KIA 9apr45) 74
	* Karl-Heinz Meltzer	(JG52 MIA 14aug43) 74
	*Otto Gaiser	(JG51 MIA 22jan44) 74 - 66   *
	Wilhelm Herget	(ZG76, NJG3, 1 & 4, JV44) 73
	Anton Lindner	(JG51) 73
	Gerhard Michalski	(JG53, z.b.v., 4 & 11) 73  *
	Otto Schultz	(JG51) 73
	"Willi" * Wilhelm Mink	(JG51, EJG1, KIA 12mar45) 72
	Karl-Heinz Schnell	(JG51 & 53, JV44) 72
	* Hans Fuss	(JG3, WIFA 14sep42, DOW 10nov42) 71
	"Addi" Adolf Glunz	(JG52, 26 & 7) 71
	"Fred" Alfred Heckmann	(JG3 & 26, JV44) 71 *
	Gunther Scheel	(POW 16 july43, D in captivity   highest kills / mission ratio) 71    (in 70 missions !)  *
	* Herbert Huppertz	(JG51, 5 & 2, KIA 8jun44) 70  *
	* Hermann-Friedrick Joppien	(KIA 25aug41) 70
	Heinz Herbert R. M. Lange	(JG51 & 54) 70
	"Wumm" Siegfried Lemke	(JG2) 70
	* Rudolf Linz	(JG5, KIA 9feb45) 70
	* Emil Omert	(JG3, 2 & 77, KIA 24apr44) 70  *
	Ernst Suss	(JG52 & 11, JGr50, KIA 20dec43) 70 - 68  *
	Hans-Heinrich Dobrich	(JG5) 70 - 65
	Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann	(JG26, KIA 26mar45) 70 - 44
	Heinz Gossow	(KG3, JG302, 301, 7) 70 - 12

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	Peter Kalden	(JG51, POW 11mar45) 69
	* Ernst Weismann	(JG51, MIA 13aug42) 69
	* Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart	(JG54, KIA 8jun44) 69
	"Lutz" Ludwig-Wilhelm Burkhardt	(JG77, 1 & 7) 69 - 68  *
	Armin Kohler	(JG77) 69 - 40
	Kurt Dombacher	(JG5 & 51) 68
	* Walter Hoeckner	(JG77, 26 , 1 & 4, KiFA 25aug44) 68
	* Heinrich Jung	(JG54, KIA 30jul43) 68
	Herbert Kaiser	(JG77 & 1, JV44) 68
	Richard Leppla	(JG51, 105 & 6) 68
	Fritz Losigkeit	(JG1, 26 & 51) 68
	Gunther Freiherr von Maltzahn	(JG53) 68
	Kurt Ratzlaff	(JG52, POW 29sep42) 68
	* Hans Strelow	(JG51, Died 22may42   Suicide before capture) 68
	* Otto Tange	(JG51, KIA 30jul43) 68
	Werner Streib	(ZG1, NJG1) 68 - 66
	* Gustav Denk	(JG52, KIA 13feb43) 67
	Fritz Dinger	(JG53, KIA 27jul43) 67  *
	Herbert Findeisen	(NAGr 4, JG54) 67  *
	* Karl Fuchs	(JG54, KIA 10oct43) 67
	* Erbo Graf von Kageneck	(JG1 & 27, WIA 24dec41, DOW 12jan42) 67  *
	"Nawratil" * Franz Schiess [Schiehs]	(JG53, MIA 2sep43) 67  *
	* Hubert Strassl	(JG51, KIA 8jul43) 67
	* Reinhold Hoffmann	(JG54, KIA 24may44) 67 - 66   *
	* Heinrich Fullgrabe	(JG52 & 11, KIA 30jan45) 67 - 65
	* Franz Schwaiger	(JG3, KIA 24apr44) 67 - 58
	Erwin Fleig	(JG51 & 54, POW 29may43) 66
	Berthold Grassmuck (Graßmuck)	(JG52, KIA 28oct42) 65
	Karl * Karl-Heinz Kempf	(JG54 & 26, KIA 3sep44) 65  *
	* Manfred Meurer	(NJG1 & 5, KIA 21jan44) 65
	Gunther Radusch	(ZG1, NJG1, 2, 3 & 5) 65  (1 in SCW)
	Rudolf Schoenert	(NJG1, 2, 3, 5 & 100, NJGr.10) 65 - 64
	Franz Czech	(JG3) 65 - 60
	Hans Ellendt	(JG52) 64
	Bernd Gallowitsch	(JG77 & 51, EJG2 & JG7) 64
	* Jurgen Harder	(JG53 & 11, KIA 17feb45) 64    (Harro's brother)
	Rolf Hermichen	(ZG1 & 76, SKG210, JG26 , 11 & 104) 64
	Viktor Petermann	(JG7 & 52) 64
	Heinz Rokker	(NJG2) 64
	* Walter Borchers	(ZG76, NJG3 & 5, KIA 16mar45) 63 - 59
	Franz Gotz	(JG53 & 26) 63  *
	* Karl Hammerl	(JG52, MIA 2mar43) 67 - 63  *
	* Heinrich Hoffmann	(JG51, MIA 3oct41) 63
	* Gerhard Homuth	(JG27 & 54, MIA 2aug43) 63  *
	*Wilhelm Schilling	(JG54 & EJG1, KIA 20feb44) 63
	Hermann Staiger	(JG1, 7, 26 & 51) 63  *
	(highest scoring JET Ace) Kurt Welter	(JG301, 302 & JG300,   NJG11, EKdo. Welter) 63 (in 93 missions, 56/night)  *
	* Wilhelm Hubner	(JG51, KIA 7apr45 [AA]) 62
	Helmut Neumann	(JG5) 62
	"Heino" Karl-Heinz Cordes	(JG54) 62 - 52
	Gerhard Beutin	(JG54, JGr.West, KIFA 1feb43) 61 - 60
	"Hannes" Johannes Trautloft	(JG51, 54 & 77) 61 - 52
	* Horst Carganico	(JG77 & 5, KiFA 27may44) 60
	* Franz Hrdlicka	(JG77 & JG2, KIA 25mar45) 60
	* August Mors	(JG5, WIA 6aug44, DOW 8aug44) 60  *
	"Fuchs" [Fox] Karl Munz	(JG52 & EJG2) 60  *
	Alfred Rauch	(JG51) 60  *
	* Walther Wever	(JG51 & 7, KIA 10apr45) 60 - 44
	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	(JG3, 51 & 54, EJG2, JV44) 60-59

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	* Herbert Broennle	(JG54 & 53. KIA 4jul43) 59
	* Franz Eckerle	(JG54, KIA 14feb42) 59
	* Alfred Franke	(JG53, MIA 9sep42) 59   *
	"Fifi" * Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt	(JG27, MIA 7sep42) 59  *
	* Karl Steffen	(JG52, MIA 8aug43) 59
	Paul Zorner	(NJG2, 3, 5 & 100) 59
	Martin Becker	(NJG4 & 6) 58
	Siegfried Engfer	(JG3) 58  *
	* Horst Forbig	(JG54, MIA 12jun44) 58
	Gustav Eduard Francsi	(KG40, NJG100) 58
	"Willi" Wilhelm Freuworth	(JG26 & 52) 58
	* Herbert Friebel	(JG51 & 53, KIA 15may44) 58
	* Helmut Haberda	(JG52, KIA 8may43 by AA) 58
	Walter Jahnke	(JG7, 11 & 52) 58
	Adolf Nehring	(JG52) 58
	Gerhard Raht	(NJG2 & 3) 58
	Heinz * Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert	(JG52, KIA 23aug42) 57
	"Pitt" Konrad Bauer	(JG3, 51 & 300) 57
	Walter Brandt	(I(J)/LG2, JG77 & 3) 57 - 42
	Hugo Dahmer	(JG2, 5, 26 & 77) 57
	* Heinrich Dittlmann	(JG51, KiFA 23feb44, collided w/ Otto Wurfel) 57
	Kurt Ebener	(JG3 & 11, POW 23aug44) 57
	* Johannes Seifert	(JG26, KIA 25nov43) 57  *
	Hermann Wolf	(JG52 & 11, EJG2, JG7) 57
	* Heinz Struning	(NJG1 & 2,  KIA 25dec44) 57 - 56
	Adolf Kalkum	(JG53) 57 - 19
	Manfred Eberwein	(JG52 & 54) 56
	* Heinrich Hackler	(JG77, KIA 1jan45) 56
	Helmut Holtz	(JG51, KIA 18apr44) 56
	Eduard Isken	(JG53, 77 & 200, I(F)123) 56
	* Kurt Knappe	(JG2 & 51, KIA3sep43) 56  *
	Helmut Schonfelder	(JG51) 56
	* Karl-Friedrich Schumacher	(JG52, KIA 31may44) 56
	Gunther Seeger	(JG2 & 53) 56
	* Helmut Wick	(JG2, MIA 28nov40) 56
	Erich Hohagen	JG51, 2, 27 & 7, JV44) 56 - 55
	Helmut-Felix Bolz	(JG2) 56 - 21
	* Herbert Bareuther	(JG3 & 51, KIA 30apr45) 55
	Karl-Heinz Bendert	(JG27 & JGr104) 55
	* Hans-Dieter Frank	(ZG1 & NJG1, KIA 27sep43) 55
	"Wutz" * Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland	(JG26, Dolfo's brother, KIA 17aug43 by Bud Mahurin) 55   *
	* Gabriel Tautscher	(JG51, KIA 12jan44) 55
	* Edmund Wagner	(JG51, KIA 13nov41) 55
	"Bulle" Rudi Zwesken	(JG52 & 300) 55 - 45
	* Johann Badum	(JG77, KIA 12jan43) 54
	* Wilhelm Balthasar	(JG1, 2, 3 & 27, KIA 3jul41 ) 54 - 47
	* August Geiger	(NJG1, KIA 29sep43) 54
	* Wilhelm Hauswirth	(JG52, KIA 5jul43) 54
	Heinz Leber	(JG51, KIA 1jun43) 54
	Helmut Mertens	(LG2 & JG3, WIA 20feb44) 54
	Kurt Olsen	(JG54) 54
	* Herbert Puschmann	(JG51, KIA 3feb44) 54
	* Siegfried Simsch	(JG52 & JG11, KIA 8jun44) 54
	* Hans Reiff	(JG3, KIA 2dec44) 54 - 48
	* Albert Brunner	(JG5, KIA 7may43) 53
	* Hans-Joachim Heyer	(JG54, KIA 9nov42) 53
	Julius Meimberg	(JG2 & 53) 53  *
	* Karl Sattig	53 (JG54, MIA 10aug42)
	Andreas Sterl	53  (JG52)
	* Heinz Vinke	(NJG1, KIA 26feb44) 53
	* Franz K Barten	(JG51 & 53, KIA 4aug44) 53 - 52
	Heinz-Edgar Berres	(JG77, KIA 15feb44) 53 - 52
	"Willy" * Wilhelm Kientsch	(JG27, KIA 29jan44) 53 - 52
	* Friedrich Rupp	53 - 52  (JG54, KIA 15may43)
	* Adalbert Sommer	(JG2 & 52, KIA 14mar44) 53 - 50
	* Hans Ehlers	52  (JG3, KIA 27dec44)
	"Ede" Karl Brill	52  (JG7 & 54)
	Alfred Gross	52  (JG26 & 54)
	* Ludwig Hafner	52  (JG3, MIA 10nov42)
	Werner Hoffmann	(ZG52, NJG3 & 5) 52
	* Rudolf Pflanz	(JG2, KIA 31jul42) 52  *
	* Heinrich Wefers	(JG54, KIA 18may43) 52
	Heinz Knoke	(JG1 & 11) 52 - 33
	Josef Quarda	52  (JG54)
	* August Dilling	51  (JG3, KIA 14jun44)
	Georg-Hermann? Hermann Greiner	(NJG1 & 2) 51
	* Ernst-Dietrich Grumme	51  (JG51 & 301, KIA 14jul44)
	* Otto Schulz	(JG27, KIA 17june42 by Stocky Edwards) 51
	* Wilhelm Kuken	51 - 45  (JG51 & J.Gr Ost, K 2apr44)
	Hans-Joachim Jabs	(ZG76, NJG3 & 1) 50
	Emil Knittel	50
	Frank Lisendahl	50
	* Fritz Luddecke	50  (JG1, KIA 10aug44)
	Herbert Lutje	50  (JG2, NJG1 & 6)
	Fritz Schroeter	50
	* Karl Willius	50  (JG26 & 51, KIA 8apr44)
	Heribert Koller	(JG54) 50 - 49
	Gunther Rubell	(JG51) 50 - 11

"Rauhbautz, Marie, Special Delivery and Bonnie B" by Keith Ferris

TOP

	* Heinz Arnold	(JG5 & 7, MIA 17apr45) 49  *
	Martin Drewes	(ZG76, NJG1) 49
	* Rudolf Ehrenberger	JG53 & 77, KIA 8mar44) 49
	Reinhard Kollak	(ZG1, NJG1 & 4) 49
	* August Muller	49  (JG51, KIA 6apr45)
	* Klaus Quaet-Faslem	49  (JG3 & 53, KIA 30jan44)
	Gunther Toll	49  (JG52, WIA 7apr43)
	* Richard Quante	49 - 44  (JG51, KIA 14aug42)
	Fritz Stendel	49 - 39  (JG5 & 51)
	* Fredrich Beckh	(JG51 & 52 MIA 21jun42) 48
	Johannes Hager	(NJG1) 48
	* Peter Siegler	48  (JG54, KIA 24sep42)
	Heinz-Gerhard [Gerhard] Vogt	(JG26, shot down 5jul44 KIA 14jan45 by Bob Smith) 48  *  *
	* Werner Stumpf	48 - 47  (JG53, KIA 13oct42)
	Oskar Zimmermann	(JG3 & 51) 48 - 34
	Ernst-Georg Drunkler	47  (ZG2, NJG1 & 5)
	* Heinz Golinski	47  (JG53, MIA 16oct42)
	Gunther Hannak	47  (I(j)/LG2, JG27 & 77, POW 5may43)
	Eckhard Hubner	(JG3, MIA 28mar42) 47
	Fritz Karch	(JG2) 47
	Herbert Kutscha	47  (ZG76, SKG210, ZG1, JG3, 11 & 27)
	* Xaver Muller	47  (JG54, KIA 27aug43)
	* Georg Seidel	47  (JG51, KIA 6mar43)
	Gunther Ruebell	47
	"Schmidtchen" * Erich Schmidt	(JG53, MIA 31aug41) 47
	* Hans-Heinz Augenstein	(NJG1, KIA 6dec44) 46
	* Wolfgang Bowing-Treuding	(JG51, MIA 11jan43) 46
	* Franz Daspelgruber	46  (JG3, MIA 16jul43)
	* Gunther Fink	46  (JG54, 15may43)
	Rudiger Kirchmayr	46
	Erwin Laskowski	(JG11 & 51) 46
	Hans-Karl Mayer	46
	Karl Rammelt	(JG51) 46
	"Quax" Karl Schnorrer	(JG54, Kdo.Nowotny, JG7) 46  *
	* Franz Schulte	46  (JG77, MIA 12aug42)
	* Paul Semrau	46  (NJG2, KIA 8feb45)
	* Alfred Surau	46  (JG3, KIA 14oct43)
	Kurt Tangermann	(JG7, 52 & 54) 46 - 44  *
	* Alfred Dettke	45  (JG54, KIA 5jan43)
	Ernst Druenkler	45
	Ernst Dullberg	(JG3, 7, 27 & 76) 45
	Heinz Fohl	45  (JG52)
	* Rudolf Frank	(NJG3, KIA 26apr44) 45
	Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld	45
	* Alois Lechner	(NJG2 & 100, MIA 23feb44) 45
	* Lothar Mai	45  (JG51, KIA 27aug43)
	* Karl-Wolfgang Redlich	45 - 37  (JG27, MIA 29may44)
	* Johannes Schmid	45  (JG2 & 26, MIA 6nov41)
	Hans Johann Stollnberger	45  (II/LG2, SG1 & 4)
	* Wilhelm Theimann	45  (JG51, MIA 29jul43)
	Gerhard Schopfel	(JG26, 54, 4 & 6) 45 - 44
	* Jurgen Brocke	45 - 42  (JG77, MIA 15sep42)
	Ernst Borngen	(JG27) 45 - 38
	* Ludwig Becker	(NJG1, KIA 26feb43) 44
	Hans Frese	44  (JG3)
	* Paul Gildner	(ZG1, NJG1 & 2, KIA 24feb43) 44
	Juergen Hoerschelmann	44
	* Reinhold Knacke	(ZG1, NJG1, KIA 3feb43) 44
	Wilhelm Moritz	44  (ZG1, JG1, 3, 4, 51 & 77, EJG1)
	* Hans-Gunther Reinhardt	44  (JG1 & %$, KIA 8oct43)
	Wilhelm Steinmann	44  (KG53, JG27, EJG2 & JV44)
	* Otto Vinzent	45 - 44  (JG54, KIA 4jan44)
	Werner Baake	(NJG1) 43  *
	Karl Boris (Borris)	43  (JG26)
	"Zirkus" Ludwig Franzisket	(ZG1, JG1 & 27) 43
	* Kurt Goltzsch	43  (JG2, WIA 4sep43, DOW 26sep43)
	* Alfred Miksch	(JG1 & 3, KIA 1dec43) 43
	* Hubert Mutherich	(JG77 & 54, KIA 9sep41) 43
	* Erhard Niese	43  (JG4 & 77, KIA 18feb45)
	"Josi" * Josef Pohs	(JG54, E.Kdo.16, KIA 30dec43) 43
	* Paul-August Stolte	43  (JG54, 1 & 3, KIA 18oct43)
	Sigurd Haala	42  (JG54, POW 21aug44)
	Norbert Hannig	(JG7 & 54) 42
	Rudolf Klemm	42  (JG54 & 26)
	Emil Reinhard	42
	Dietrich Schmidt	(NJG1) 42
	* Rudolf Schmidt	(5/JG77, MIA 6apr42) 42
	* Herbert Schramm	(JG27 & 53, KIA 1dec43) 42
	Robert Olejnik	(JG3, 1 & 400, EJG2) 42 - 41
	"Pepi" Josef Gabl	(JG51) 42 - 38
	* Karl-Heinz Plucker	42 - 34  (JG1 & 52, KIA 10may44)
	* Hans Boos	41  (JG3 & 51, KIA 21apr43)
	* Gerhard Reinhold	41  (JG5 & 7, KIA 4apr45)
	* Gerhard Schneider	41  (JG51, J.Gr.Ost, KIA 5jan44)
	Hans Stechmann	41 - 33  (JG3)
	* Rudolf Busch	40  (JG51, KIA 17jan43)
	Karl Boehm-Fettelbach	40
	Peter Bremer	(JG54, POW 13jul43) 40
	* Otto Decker	40  (JG52, KIA 27aug42)
	* Georg Hahnlein	40  (JG54, KIA 25aug44)
	* Walter Heitkamp	40  (JG52, KiC 7apr43)
	* Bernhard Hessel	40  (JG51, MIA 2sep43)
	Wolf-Dietrich Huy	(JG77, POW 28oct42) 40
	Wolfgang (Hermann?) Neuhoff	40  (JG53, POW 10apr42)
	* Gunther Schwarz	40  (JG51, KIA 24oct43)
	* Josef Schutte	40  (JG3, KIA 4dec43)
	Georg Seckel	40  (JG4 & 77, JGr200)
	* Gunther Steinhausen	40  (JG27, KIA 6sep42)
	* Erwin Stratznicky	40  (JG3 & 77, MIA 3oct42)
	* Bernhard Lausch	40 - 39  (JG51, KIA 4jul42)
	* Hermann Segatz	40 - 31  (JG1, 5, 26 & 51, KIA 8mar44)

TOP

	* Walter Ehle	(ZG1 & NJG1, KIFA 18nov43) 39
	Alfons Klein	39  (JG11 & 52)
	* Kurt Lasse	39  (JG77, KIA 8oct41)
	George Ludwig	39  (JG77)
	Ludwig Meister	(NJG1 & 4) 39
	* Rudolf Saboroski	39  (JG3, KIA 8jul42)
	Hans-Wilhelm Schopper	39  (JG4 & 77)
	Georg Seelmann	39
	Rudolf Sinner	39  (JG3, 7, 27 & 54)
	Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin	(NJG1 & 102) 39 - 37
	* Heinz Bretnutz	(JG53, WIA 22jun41, Died 27jun41) 39 - 32
	* Robert Fuchs	(JG51 & 54?, MIA 22oct41) 39 - 22
	* Helmut Baumann	(JG51, KIA 17feb44) 38
	Wilhelm Beier	(NJG1 & 2) 38
	* Otto Dommeratzky	(II(S)/LG2, Sch.G.1, SG2, KiFA 13oct44) 38
	Hans Dortenmann	(JG26 & 54, POW ??apr45 38   *
	Stefan Litjens	(JG53) 38
	Walter Loos	(JG3, 300, 301) 38
	Detlef Luth	38  (JG1 & 3, KIA 6mar44)
	* Horst Marotzke	38  (JG77, MIA 11dec42)
	* Herbert Peissert	38  (JG53, MIA 4sep42)
	* Ludwig Reibel	38  (JG53, KIA 20dec42)
	* Detler (Detlev?) Rohwer	(JG3, WIA 29mar43, DoW 30mar43) 38
	Karl Ruttger	38  (JG52, POW 1jul42)
	Erwin Sawallisch	38
	Kurt Sochatzky (Sochatzy?)	38  (JG3, POW 3aug41)
	* Eduard Tratt	(ZG1, 2 & 26, SKG210, KIA 22feb44) 38
	* August Lubking	38 - 28  (JG5 & 7, KIA 22mar45)
	Gunther Bahr	(ZG1 SKG210, NJG1 4 & 6) 37
	* Gerhard Koall	(JG3 & 54, EJG1, KIA 27apr45) 38
	* Karl-Heinz Leesmann	(JG52 & 1, KIA 25/Jul/1943) 37
	* Alfred Lehner	37  (JG5 & 7, KIA 4apr45)
	Klaus H. Neumann	(JG51, 3 & 7, JV44) 37 - 32  *
	"Waldi" Waldemar H. Radener	(JG26 & 300) 37 (+14 probs) *
	* Hans Ransmayer	37  (JG54, KIA 20sep44)
	* Franz Ruhl	(JG3, KIA 24dec44) 37  *
	Wolfgang Traft	37
	* Maximillian Volke	(JG77, KIA 5sep44) 37
	Albert Walter	37  (JG51, MIA 13jul43)
	"Fritz" "the Count of Demyansk’" * Friedrich Zander	(JG1 & 54, KIA 26dec44) 37
	Helmut Belser	36
	Helmut Bergmann	36
	Georg Keil	36
	Friedrich Koerner	36
	Herbert Wehnelt	(JG2 & 51) 36
	Hans Weik	(JG3 & EJG2) 36
	Fuelbert Zink	36
	Elias Kuehlein	(JG51 & 7) 36 - 35
	Gunther Bertram	35
	Graf Heinrich von Einsiedel	(JG3, POW 30aug42) 35
	Josef Heinzeller	(I(J)/LG2, JG3, 2 & 54) 35
	August Luy	35
	Bruno Stolle	(JG2, 11 & 51) 35
	Martin Ulbrich	35+ - 33
	* Joachim Hamer	35 - 30 (JG51, MIA 3sep43)
	* Herbert Aloe	34  (JG54, MIA 21jun44)
	Paul Brandt	(JG54, KIA 24dec44) 34 - 30
	* Klaus Bretschneider	(JG300, KIA 24dec44) 34   *
	Hans von Hahn	(JG54, 53, 3, 1 & 5) 34
	Heinz-Horst Hissbach	34
	Wilhelm Johnen	(NJG1, 5 & 6) 34  *  *
	Karl Kennel	(ZG26 & 2, SG1 & 2) 34
	Walter Matoni	(JG27, 26, 11 & 2) 34
	Johannes Naumann	(JG26, 6 & 7) 34
	Herbert Schob	34
	Walter Stengel	34
	Helmut Wettstein	34
	Heinz Beyer	33
	Friedrich Eberle	(JG1, 4 & 51) 33
	Erwin Leykauf	(JG54, 26, 7) 33
	Wolfgang Lippert	33
	Waldemar Soffing	33
	Ferdinand Vogel	33
	Werner Hohenberg	(JG2 & 52, POW 1jan45) 33 - 32  *
	* Gerhard Friedrich	(NJG1, 4 & 6, KIA 16mar45) 33 - 30
	* Harro Harder	(JG53, KIA 12aug40) 33 - 15  *  (11 in SCW)
	* Hugo Frey	(I(J)/LG2, JG11 & 1, KIA 6mar44) 32   *
	"Rudi" Rudolf Glockner	(JG5) 32
	Joachim Hacker	32
	Werner Husemann	32
	Werner Machold	32
	Gunther Specht	32
	Gerhard Weigand	32
	* Ralph Furch	32 - 30 (KIA 22jan43)
	Hermann Aubrecht	31  (JG51)
	Peter Crump	31  (JG54 & 26)
	Erich Friedrich	31 approx. (JG77)
	Carl von Lieres	31
	Hubert Rauh	(NJG1 & 4) 31
	Hermann Seegatz	31
	"Micky" * Gustav Sprick	(JG26, KIA 28jun41) 31  *
	Alfred Seidl	31 - 10
	Erich Bartz	30
	Josef Foezoe	30
	Werner Gerth	30
	Friedrich Heimann	30
	Erich Jung	30 (NJG2)
	* Harry Koch	30 (KIA 22dec43)
	Karl-Heinz Langer	30 (JG3)
	"Nasen" Friedrich-Karl Muller	(JG300, NJGr10, NJG11) 30  *
	Rudolf Pingel	30
	* Norbert Schmitt	(ZG1, Sch.G.1, SG3 & 10, MIA 26mar45) 30 approx.
	* Hans-Werner Schneider	(JG52, MIA 18mar43) 30
	* Werner Schumacher	(JG5, POW 5aug42, D in captivity) 30
	Fritz Seyffardt	(SG1, 2 & 151) 30
	Max Bucholz	(JG1 & 3) 30 - 28

TOP

	Otto Bertram	29
	Franz Blazytko	29
	* Hermann Leiste	29 (JG54, KIA 8jun42)
	Horst Rippert	29 (JGr.Süd, Jgr200, JG27)
	* Paul Szameitat	(NJG1, 3 & 5, KIA 2jan44) 29
	Heinrich Wohlers	29
	* Ernst Andres	(KIA 11feb45) 28
	Anton Benning	(JG300, 301 & 302) 28  (18 4-eng. bombers)
	* Alfred Burk	JG27 & 52, KIA 13jan44) 28
	Hans-Joachim Heinecke	28
	Hans Kraus	(NJG3, 4 & 101) 28
	Gerhard Luty	(JG52 MIA 8jul43) 28
	Helmut Pfueller	28
	Franz Stigler	28
	Hermann Wischniewski	28
	* Hans-Heinrich Koenig	(ZG76, NJG3, Jasta Heligoland & JG11, KIA 24may44) 28 - 24
	Gunther Bleckmann	27
	Emil Josef Emil Clade	(JG27) 27
	* Kurt Ebersberger	(JG26, KIA 24oct43) 27
	* Heinz Grimm	(NJG1 & 2, WIA 9oct43, Died 13oct43) 27
	Fritz Gromotka	27
	Anton Hoerwick	27
	Hans Kolbow	27
	* Wilhelm Mayer	(JG26, KIA 4jan45) 27
	Willi Reschke	(JG301 & 302) 27  *
	Otto Russ	27
	Werner Thierfelder	27
	* Horst Tietzen	(JG51, KIA 18aug40) 27  (7 in SCW w/J88)
	* Friedrich Dahn	26  (JG5, MIA 25may42)
	"Martello" Alfred Hammer	26
	Hans Knauth	26
	* Raimund Koch	26 (KIFA 2nov44)
	Horst Walter Petzschler	(JG51 & 3) 26
	Anton-Rudolf Piffer	26
	Hans Remmer	26
	Peter Werfft	26
	* Walter Adolph	(JG1, 26 & 27, KIA 18sep41) 25   (1 in the SCW)
	* Egon Albrecht	(ZG1 & 76, SKG210, JG76, KIA 25aug44, Brazilian born) 25   *
	Herbert Altner	25  (NJG3, 5 & 11)
	* Otto Bach	(KIA 26nov44) 25
	Ludwig Bellof	25
	Walter Engel	25
	Joseph Flogel	25
	August Kayser	25
	Fritz Liebelt	25
	* Arnold Lignitz	(JG51 & 54, MIA 30sep41) 25
	* Helmut Meckel	(JG3 & 77, KiFA 8may43) 25
	Helmut Merkel	(no details) 25
	Emil Schact	25
	* Wolfgang Schellmann	(JG2, 27 & 77, KIA 24jun41) 25  (12 during SCW)
	Karl Stadek	25
	Gunther Stedtfeld	25
	Eckehard Tichy	25
	Horst Walter	25
	Karl Wuensch	25
	Franz-Josef Zoufahl	25

Focke-Wulf Fw190C-V18 by JJ Boucher

TOP

	Heinz Altendorf	24  (JG53, POW 15dec41)
	Rudolf Altendorf	24  (LG1, NJG1, 3, 4 & 5)
	* Emil Babenz	JG26 & 53, KIA 8apr44) 24
	Helmut Dahms	24
	Josef Fozo	(JG51 & 108, WiFA 31may42) 24
	Helmut Hoppe	24
	Hannes Keller	24
	Florian Salwender	24
	Peter Spoden	(NJG5 & 6) 24
	Wolfgang Thimmig	24
	Hans-Gerd Wennekers	24
	* Helmut Woltersdorf	24  (KiFA 2jun42)
	Klaus Scheer	(NJG1) 24 - 23
	Willi Unger	(JG53, 3 & 7) 24 - 22
	Karl Hulshoff	(NJG2) 24 - 11
	Arnold Doring	(KG53 & 55, JG300, NJG2 & 3) 23
	Herbert Koch	23
	Karl Leonhard	(JG11 & 53) 23
	Hans Pragen	23
	Hans Schmid	23 (NJG3 & 100)
	* Bernard Schneider	23 (JG27, KIA 29apr43)
	Emil Schnoor	(LG1 & JG1) 23
	Leo Schuhmacher	(ZG76, JG1, JV44) 23
	Horst Sternberg	23
	Helmut Viedebantt	23
	Gunther Landt	(JG53) 23 - 22
	August Schneider	23 - 11  (JG5)
	Rolf-Peter Pingle	22 (+6 in the SCW)
	* Hans Autenrieth	22  (NJG1 & 4, KIA 6dec44)
	Artur Beese	22
	Heinz Busse	22
	Rudolf Dassow	22
	Reinhold Eckardt	22
	Richard Franz	(JG3, 11, 27, 77, Sturmstaffel 1, POW 25apr45) 22
	Ernst Klager	22  (POW 3jul42)
	Herbert Kroh	22
	Otto Mayer	22
	Robert Menge	22
	Erhard Peters	22
	* Hans Richter	22 (JG1 & 27, KIA 11sep41)
	Gunther Scholz	(JG1, 5, 21 & 54) 34 - 22
	* Friedrich Simon	22 (MIA 9mar45)
	Hans-Joachim Steffens	22
	Hans-Juergen Westphal	22
	* Paul Becker	21  (JG27, MIA 29jun44)
	* Alfred Budde	(JG54, MIA 27dec44) 21
	Theodor Kaiser	21 (JG3)
	Rolf Kaldrack	21
	Horst Reuter	21
	Johannes Schalk	21
	Robert Spreckles	21
	Heinrich Steis	21
	Gunther Wegmann	21
	* Baron Franz von Werra	(POW 1940, escaped, KIA 25oct41) 21
	Maximilian Winkler	21
	Robert Wolf	21
	David Wollmann	21
	Helmut * Heinz-Helmut Baudach	(JG2& 7, Epro.Kdo. 262, Kdo. Nowotny, KIA 22feb45) 21 - 18  *
	Rudolf Artner	20  (JG5)
	*Hans Berschwinger	20  (KIA 15feb44
	Erich Gerlitz	20
	Werner Haugk	20
	Gunther Heckmann	20 (JG51, 1 & 7)
	* Gerhard Hubner	20 (JG52, KIA 6mar43)
	* Harald Jung	20 (JG20 & 51, KIA 30jul43)
	Adolf Kaiser	20 (NJG1, 2 & 100)
	Lothar Keller	20
	Johannes Kiel	20
	Georg Munderloh	20
	Ernst Richter	20  (JG11 & 54)
	Willi Roth	20
	Gerhard Schaschke	20
	Paul Schauder	20
	Erich Scheyda	20
	* Walter Schneider	20  (JG26; KIFA 22dec41)
	Gerhard Schwartz	20
	* Gerhard Sommer	(JG1 & 11, KIA 12may44) 20
	Wilhelm Spiess	20
	Hans Tetzner	20
	Hans Udet	20
	* Hans Adelhutte	(KG3, NJG3, KIA 13aug44) 20 - 15
	* Gunther Tonne	20 - 15  (KIA 5jul43)
	* Hans Hahn	(NJG2, KIA 12oct41) 20 - 12
	Gotthard Handrick	(JG77, 5, 26 & 52, '36 Olympic Pentathlon Gold) 20 - 12   (10 in SCW)

TOP

	Georg Christl	(ZG26) 19  *
	Hans Dipple	19
	Hans Funcke	(JG52) 19
	Karl-Heinz Krahl	19
	Peter Reischer	19
	Winfried Schmidt	(JG3, JG77, WIA 11jul41) 19
	* Hermann Sommer	(NJG2 & 1, KIA 11eb44) 19
	Fritz Stritzel	19
	Roloff von Aspern	18 (JG54, MIA 17nov40)
	* Jens Bahnsen	18 (JG53, KIA 19aug43)
	Oscar Boesch	(JG3) 18
	Adolf Breves	18
	Rudi Dueding	18
	Heinz Ebeling	(JG26, POW 5nov40) 18
	Otto Fries	(NJG1, his R/O was Alfred Staffa) 18
	Gunther Gerhard	18
	Erich Groth	18
	Helmut Haugk	18
	Kurt Holler	18
	Kurt Matzak	18
	Eduard Meyer	18
	Walter Meyer	18
	Hans Peterburs	18
	"Bombo" Wolfgang Schenk	(ZG1, SKG210, SG2, KG(J)/51) 18
	Ernst Scheufele	(JG5 & 4, POW 3dec44) 18
	Gottfried Schneider	18  (NJG3)
	Heinz Schumann	18
	Friedrich-Wilhelm Stakejahn	18
	Alfred Wehmeyer	18
	Dietrich Weinitschke	18
	Karl Wick	18 (JG11 & 54)
	* Hannes Gentzen	(JGr.102, ZG2, KIA 26may40   1st Luftwaffe Ace of WW2 18 - 9  (in 2 weeks)
	Joachim Blechschmidt	17
	Walter Bohatsch	(JG3 & 7) 17
	* Paul Galland	(Dolfo's other brother, KIA 31oct42) 17
	* Franz Hahn	(JG77, 51 & 4, KIA 22jan44) 17 approx.
	Peter Jenne	17
	Theodore Rossiwall	17
	* Ludwig Schmidt	17 (NJG6, KIA 4aug43)
	Horst Ulenberg	17
	* Werner Cohrs	17 - 15 (KIA 11jun44)
	* Erich Simon	17 - 15 (KIA 7oct43)
	Elmar Ahrensmeyer	16  (JG51)
	Arthur Beth	16
	Erich Demuth	16
	Heinrich Dreisbach	16
	Georg Fengler	16
	* Herbert Franke	16 ish  (JG53, KIA 18aug44)
	* Hans-Joachim Hartwein	16 (MIA 21aug42)
	Rudolf Huebl	16
	Heinz Mahikuch	16
	Conny Meyer	16
	* Erich Paczia	(JG53, KIA 1feb43,   taking out "B-17 All American") 16
	* Karl Pfeiffer	16 (JG2, KIA 8jan43)
	Friedrich Scheer	16 (JG53)
	Karl Wenschelmeyer	16
	Josef Kunz	16 - 15 (JG5 & 4)
	* Jakob Augustin	15+ (JG2, MIA 15jul42)
	Ulrich Diesing	15
	Siegfried Fischer	(St.G.1, SG1,   + 80 tanks) 15
	Hermann Guhl	15  (KIA ?)
	Richard Heller	15
	* Hans-Ulrich Jung	15 approx.(JG3, KIA 1jan45)
	* Hans-Gunther Koch	15 (KIA 3apr45)
	Hans-Martin Markhoff	(JG4 & 52) 15
	Fritz Sengschmidt	15
	"Theo" * Theodor Spanke	(JG54, JGr.West, KiFA 16mar43) 15
	Waldemar Wubke	(JG54 & 101, JV44) 15
	Rudolf Richter	15 - 10  (ZG2)

TOP

	* Gustav Ahlbrand	14  (JG52, MIA 22aug43)
	* Sophus Baagoe	(ZG26, KIA 14may41) 14
	Heinz Birk	14
	Walter Blume	14
	Felix-M Brandis	14
	Wendelin Bruekel	14
	* Albert Espenlaub	(JG27, POW 13/Dec/1941, K same day attempting escape) 14
	Waldemar Funk	14 (JG51)
	Wilhelm Gath	14
	"Schorsch" Georg Kraft	14
	Josef Mader	14 (NAGr.4 & 11)
	* Erich Schofbeck	(JG27, KIA 13oct42) 14
	Gunther Schwanecke	14
	Karl Strohecker	14
	* Siegfried Wandam	14 (KIA 4jul/43)
	Hans Witzel	14
	* Johann Aisleitner	13  (JG26, KIA 14jan44)
	Martin Bauer	13  (NJG1 & 6)
	Hermann Foerster	13
	Werner Gayko	13
	Werner Gerhard	13
	"Hans" * Johann Halfmann	(JG54, KiFA 23jan44) 13
	Heinz Halstrick	(JG5) 13
	* Ludwig-Friedrich Hartmann	13 (MIA 20jun44)
	* Detlef Jung	13 (JG54, KIA 21sep44)
	Hans Jung	13 (JG3, POW 10nov42)
	Emil Kaiser	13 (JG27)
	Gunther Kelch	13
	Willi Kothmann	13
	Kurt Loos	13 (ZG2, NJG1 & 5, JG300)
	Carl Resch	13  (JG54)
	Joachim Schlichting	13
	* Andreas Hartl	13 - 11 (KIA 8apr44)
	Erich Mix	(JG53, 2 & 1) 13 - 6  (+ 3 in WW1)
	Harry von Bulow-Bothkamp	(NJG101, JG2 & 77) 12  (+ 6 in WW1)  *
	Johann Aistleitner	12
	* Rudolf Alf	12  (JG2 & 7, KiFA 26nov44)
	* Ludwig Bauer	12  (JG27, MIA 6jul44)
	Gerhard Beckh	12 (JG51, KiFA 11jan44)
	Erwin-Peter Diekwisch	(StG1 & 5, KG200) 12
	Xaver Ellenrieder	12
	Gerhard Gleuwitz	12
	Heinz Gomann	12
	* Wolfgang Hahne	12 (JG52, KIA 31may44)
	Kurt Hein	12
	* Rudolf Hofmann	12  (JG54, KIA 9aug44)
	Erich Javer	12
	Gerhard Kepler	12
	Eduard Koslowski	12
	Erich Krainik	12
	Franz Kunz	12 (JG53 & 26)
	"Hans" Johannes Lutter	(ZG1 & 76, SKG10 & 210) 12
	Ernst Maak	12
	Karl-Heinrich Matern	12
	Erhardt Meek	12
	Heinz Nacke	(ZG76, NJG3 & 101) 12
	Wolfgang Neu	12
	Hans Niederhoefer	12
	Heinrich Rosenberg	12
	Wolfgang Rost	12
	Ludwig Scharf	12
	* Johannes Schmidt	12  (JG26, KIA 19aug42)
	Erich Schoefbock	12
	Franz Weinhausen	12
	* Peter Ahrens	11  (JG26, KiFA 4mar45)
	Ernst-Georg Altnorthoff	11  (JG27, JGr Sud)
	Walter Fieser	11
	* Heinz Fuchs	11 (JG1, KIA 24feb44)
	Joachim Gunther	11
	Wilhelm Hachfeld	11
	Engelbert Heiner	11
	* Freidrich Hoffmann	11  (JG27, KIFA 15sep42)
	Reinhold Hoffmann	11  (JG13)
	Josef Kaiser	11 (JG5)
	Eberhard Kaross	11
	Georg Kiefner	11
	Wolfgang Kosse	11
	Herbert Krenz	11
	* Erwin Leibold	11 (K 1942)
	Helmut Lennartz	(JG11, EKdo262, KdoNow, JG7) 11
	* Dieter Meister	(KG40, ZG1, JG2 KIA 21nov44) 11 approx.  *
	Siegfried Ney	11
	Heinz Seidel	11
	* Rudolf Schmid	11 (JG11, KIA 20aug41)
	* Hans Schneider	11 approx. (JG5, MIA 12mar45)
	Erich Schwarz	11
	Hans Vollett	11
	Robert Anlauf	10+  (JG52, KiFA 28mar45)
	* Heinz Angres	10  (JG3, KIA 16oct44)
	"Edu" Eduard Neumann	(JG26 & 27) 10   (+ 2 in SCW)
	* Hans Adam	10  (JG51, EJG1, KIA 12mar45)
	* Erich Beulich	10  (MIA 14sep43)
	Josef Burschgens	10 (POW 1sep40)
	August Fischer	10 (NJG5 & 100)
	Heinz de Fries  (really)	10 ? (NJG100)
	Viktor Gruber	10
	* Gerhard Guttmann	10 (KIA 27mar44)
	* Rudolf Hager	10 approx. (JG 54, MIA 19jul42)
	* Gerhard Hoffmann	10 (JG51, MIA 3oct43)
	* Alfred Jakobi	10 (MIA 9apr42)
	Karl-Georg Pfeiffer	10 (NJG1 & 2)
	Werner Seifert	10 (JG3)
	Franz Stuckler	10
	Hannes Theiss	(JG7 & 300) 10
	* Robert Unzeitig	10 (KIA 12apr42)
	Hans-Eugen von Gienanth	10
	* Wilhelm Muller	10 - 9 (JG26, MIA 7nov40)
	* Karl Ebbighausen	10 - 7 (JG26, MIA 16aug40)
	* Hans Klein	10 - 5 (JG77, KIA 25aug42)

TOP

	* Franz Bauer	(JFS3 & JG53, KIA 9jul44) 9+
	* Hermann Amend	9 ish  (JG5, KIA 5aug44)
	Georg Amon	9 (JG53)
	Karl Becker	9 (JG11)
	Otto Bohner	(JG53 & 400) 9
	Bruno Buzzi	9
	Ernst Christof	9
	Edgar Doerre	9
	* Gunther Gotze	9 (JG54, MIA 1feb43)
	Heinz Hanke	9
	Kurt Hermann	9 (NJG2, POW 10mar41)
	"Hajo" Hans-Joachim Herrmann	(KG4 & 30, Kdo.Herr., JG300) 9
	* Iro Ilk	(LG1 & JG300, KIA 25sep44) 9
	Kurt Jenisch	9
	Franz Kaiser	9 (JG53, POW 22apr42)
	* Gerhard Koch	9 (JG301, KIA 25feb45)
	Heinz Krug	9
	* Bernard Kunze	9 (JG1, KIA 5jan44)
	* Karl Laub	9  (JG26, KIA 14dec44)
	Rudolf Leuschel	9
	Wilhelm Makrocki	9
	Arthur Mendl	9
	Viktor Molders	(ZG1, NJG1, JG51, POW 7oct40) 9
	Horst Oberlander	9
	Werner Petermann	9  (JG77, POW 20may41)
	Hans-Ulrich Rudel	9
	* Karl Schmid	9 JG51, KIA 5aug40)
	* Rudolf Schmidt	9  (JG53,  MIA 4aug44)
	Fritz Schneider	9 approx. (JG51 & 52)
	* Hugo Schneider	9  (JG27, KIA 11jan42)
	* Heinz Scholze	9 (JG52, KIA 6may43)
	Gerhard Schulwitz	9
	Willi Szuggar	9
	"Hadi" Hans-Dieter Weihs	9
	Heinfried Wiegand	9
	Alexander von Winterfelt	9 (fighter pilot in WW1)
	Josef Zirngibl	9
	* Alfred Heidel	9 - 8  (MIA 26dec44)
	* Lorenz Andresen	8 ish  (JG5, KIA 20jul44)
	Walter Arnold	8  (JG27)
	Heinrich Asche	8  (JG54)
	* Eberhard Bauer	8  (JG77 & 5, KIA 28feb42)
	Johann Bauer	8  (JG3)
	* Heinrich Bierwirth	8  (JG26, KIA 27nov42)
	Fritz Brandt	8 (NJG2, 101 & 3)
	Erwin Busch	8  (JG26)
	Rolf Ebhardt	(NJG1) 8
	Wolfgang Falck	(ZG76, NJG1) 8
	* Heinz Frank	(LG2, Sch.G.1, SG2 & 151 Died 7oct44 - gun accident) 8
	Gunther Franz	8 (NJG1, 3 & 6)
	Hein Fuhrmann	8 (JG54, JG7)
	* Siegfried Hahn	8 (NJG3, KiFA 3jan44)
	* Heinz Hoffmann	8 (JG2, MIA 6jun40)
	* Hermann Hoffmann	8 (JG26, KIA 17aug43)
	Ernst Jackel	8 (JG26)
	Erich Kaiser	8 (JG1)
	* Friedrich Lange	8 (KIA 2mar44)
	Heinrich Lesch	8
	Theodore Lindemann	8
	* Werner Methfessel	8 (KIA 17may40)
	Ralph von Rettberg	(ZG26 & 2) 8
	* Martin Rysavy	8  (KIA 2jul41)
	Karl-Friedrich Schlossstein	(13Cz7, JG5) 8
	* Friedrich-Wilhelm Schmidt	8 (JG3, KIA 18apr44)
	Gottfried Schmidt	8 (JG26)
	Wilhelm Schneider	8  (I(J)/LG2)
	Herbert Buttner	8 - 7 (POW 28aug44)
	Georg Beyer	8 - 7 (POW 28aug40)
	Gerhard Grzymalla	8 - 7 (POW 23sep40)
	* Hans Johannsen	8 - 7  (KIA 28mar42)
	Karl Mentnich	8 - 7
	* Deiter Gerhard	8 - 6  (KIA 18mar43)
	Hans Schubert	8 - 5
	Alfred Ambs	(JG7) 7+
	* Bruno Mischkot	7+  (JG3, 7, 26 & 54, EJG2, MIA apr44)
	* Hans-Joachim Bahr	7 (MIA 13jul42)
	Karl-Heinz Becker	(NJG11) 7
	Wilhelm Bromen	(StG2, SG151 & 9) 7
	Alfred Druschel	(LG2, SG1 & 4) 7
	Helmut Eberspacher	(SKG10, KG51, N.Sch Gr20) 7
	Gunter Eichhorn	7 (JG5, POW 2dec43)
	* Moritz Franke	7 (JG51, MIA 2aug43)
	Rudolf Funcke	7 (JG77)
	* Walter Grunlinger	7 (JG26, KIA 4sep43)
	Fritz Hahn	7 (JG52)
	Hans Hartigs	7 (JG26, POW 26dec44)
	* Horst Henning	7 (KG77, NJG3, KIA 7/8oct44)
	* Eberhard Henrici	7 (JG26, MIA 17nov40)
	* Walter Holl	7 (JG26, KIA 19jul44)
	Walter Horten	(JG26) 7
	* Werner Hubner	7 (JG51, KIA 12apr41)
	Herbert Kaminski	7
	Fritz Loose	7 (JG54 & 7)
	Ernst Pfeiffer	7 approx. (JG7)
	* Heinz Reschke	7  (NJG6, KIA 24apr44)
	Ernst Richter	7  (KGJ54)
	?? Richter	7  (NJG100)
	Rudolf Scheffel	7
	Otto Schmid	7 (JG1 & 11)
	* Karl-Heinz Schmidt	7 (Sturmst 1, JG3, MIA 3aug44)
	* Otto Schmidt	7 (JG54, KIA 12feb42)
	* Georg Schneider	7  (JG21, KIA 27jun40)
	"Stotto" Otto Stammberger	(JG26 & 2/JGr West) 7  *
	"Bubi" * Alfred Schreiber	(ZG26, Kdo Nowotny, JG7, KIA 26nov44) 7 -5
	Adolph Tabbat	6+ (JG7 & 26)
	* Heinz Albrecht	6  (JG11, MIA 2may45)
	Gunther Allmenroder	6  (JG51, POW 17jan43)
	Peter Andel	6 (JG26)
	Hermann Ayerle	6  ?  (WIA 1dec44)
	* Josef Bauer	6 (JG3, MIA 9sep40)
	Hans Berthel	6  (JG52,  POW 15sep40)
	* Sigfried Benz	6 (JG26, KIA 24dec44)
	* Paul Bohn	6 (NJG2, K 26jun41)
	* Hans-Joachim Borreck	6 (JG26, KIA 6nov44 - flak)
	Kurt Brandt	6 (JG77, POW 17jul42)
	Max Clerico	6  (JG54, off-strength Apr41)
	* Karl-Heinz Ehlen	6  (JG26, KIFA 29apr42)
	* Heinrich Eickhoff	6 (JG27, KIA 23aug44)
	* Max Franzisket	6 (Z/JG77, JG5, ZG1, MIA 19jul43)
	Josef Gartner	6 (JG26, POW 25oct40)
	Heinrich Gottlob	6 (JG26, WIA 25jun41)
	Walter Grabmann	(V(Z)/LG1, ZG76) 6
	* Otto Hahn	(JG52 & 77, J/LG2, KiFA3mar42) 6
	* Bodo Helms	6 (JFS5, JG5, MIA 5aug42)
	* Ernst Henning	6 (JG2, KIA 24sep43?)
	* Otto-Heinrich Hilleke	6 (JG26, KIA 26jun40)
	Georg Hohn	6 (JG5)
	* Heinrich Jessen	6 (JG26, KiFA 10jan44)
	Berthold Jung	6 (JG77, POW 20may41)
	* Dietrich Kehl	6 (JG26, KIA 25feb44)
	Otto Kleinert	(JG2) 6
	* Robert Koch	6 (JG77, KIA 8aug44)
	* Johann Lechner	6 (JG300, KIA 12sep44)
	Rolf von Lilienhoff	6 (JG5)
	* Friedrich Ludecke	6 (JG5, KIA 21jan43 - or POW?)
	Rudolf Luder	6 (JG5 & 53)
	* Willi Makenstedt	6 (JG26, KIA 30jul43)
	Bela Preisler	6 (JG5, POW 4apr43)
	Franz Schlosser	(JG52) 6
	* Fritz Schmidt	6  (JG77, KiFA 4nov41)
	* Heinz Schmidt	6   (JG27, KiFA 28jun41)
	* Otto Schmitt	6  (JG53, KIA 20apr43)
	Bruno Schneider	6  (JG52)
	* Hans-Joachim Scholz	6  (JG3, KIA 3aug44)
	Otto Schreiber	6  (JG52)
	* Heinrich Vandeweerd	6  (JG26 & 27?, KIA 25feb45)
	Erich von Selle	(JG3 & 54) 6
	* Hasso von Wedel	(Shot down during BoB, repatriated, K OTG defending Berlin 1may45) 6    (5 in WW1)
	Joachim Zeller	6  (JG7 & 26)
	Friedhelm Amelung	5+ (JG2)
	* Heinz-Gunther Adam	5  (JG26, KiFA 20dec42)
	* Hans-Joachim Ahlert	5  (JG27 & 77, KiFA 4may44)
	(Uffz) Altmann	5  (NJG4)
	* Kaspar Amhausend	5 ( JG2, KIA 15sep40)
	Werner Andres	5  (JG3)
	Paul Angst	5 (JG3)
	* Walter Appel	5 (JG27, KIA 14jun44)
	Fritz Aufhammer	5 (JG301)
	* Alois Auth	5 (JG300, KIA 7oct44)
	* Alfons Bauer	5 (JG51, MIA 8aug41)
	* Walter Becker	5 (JG5, JG3, KIA 2nov44)
	* Kurt Bohn	5 (JG26, KIA 25apr42)
	Hans-Jurgen Borchers	5 (JG3)
	Franz Bozicek	5 (JG5)
	Josef Brandt	5 (JG3)
	Gottfried Dietze	5 (JG26)
	* Hans Dirksen	5 (JG26, KIA 21sep43)
	* Johann Edmann	5 (JG26, KIA 21mar44)
	* Christain Eickhoff	5 (JG2 & ,26, KIA 26jan43)
	Franz Elles	5 (JG27, POW 11dec41)
	* Hans-Joachim Fast	5 (JG26, KiFA 7mar43)
	* ?? Frank	5 (JG11, KIA 3may45)
	* Hans-Jurgen Frolich	5 (JG26, KIA 24apr42)
	Kurt Fuchs	5 (JG77 [VFS])
	* Horst Gotz	5 (JG3, KiFA 29oct40)
	Karl Gotze	5 (Z/LG1, JG1, WIA 2oct 43)
	August Hachtel	5 (EBK16, JG400)
	Hubert Heckman	5 (JG1 & 7)
	*  Fritz Heim	5 approx. (JG7, KIA 10apr45)
	Heinrich Heuser	5 (JG26, POW 3aug44)
	Julio Hofmann	5 (JG53, POW 31jan43)
	* Josef Kaiser	5 (JG27, KIA 12jun44))
	Erich Klein	5 (JG5)
	* Alfred Kleinert	5 (JG53, MIA 4aug44)
	Karl-Heinz Koch	5 (JG5)
	Siegfried Koenig	5 (NJG3)
	Gerhard Kott	(JG3) 5
	Herbert Kowalski	5 (JG27, WIA 9apr42)
	Gerhard Lange	5 (JG6)
	Manfred Leisebein	(JG52) 5
	* Friedrich Lindelaub	5 (JG26, D 4mar44)
	* Gottfried Loos	5 (JG3, MIA 25oct42)
	Franz Luders	5 (JG26, POW 21jun41)
	Richard Lutzka	5 approx. (JG5)
	Hans Meyer	(JG54) 5  claimed
	* Kurt Muller	5 (JG26, KIA 19dec42)
	* Wilhelm Muller	5 (JG26 & 54, MIA 7oct44)
	* Gerhard Muller-Duhe	5 (JG26, KIA 18aug40)
	Wolfgang Polster	5 (JG26, WIA 24feb45)
	* Deitrich Puttfarken	(KG51, MIA 22/23apr44) 5
	Richard Richter	5 (NJG2 & 3, POW 2jan45)
	* Eckhard Roch	5 (JG26, MIA 3sep40)
	Reinhold Schmid	5 approx. (JG2)
	* Heinz Schneider	5 approx. (JG2, MIA 23dec44)
	Karl-Heinz Schneider	5 (JG5)
	* Otto Schneider	5 (JG11, KIA 21feb44)
	Bodo Sommer	5 (ZG76; POW 7oct40)
	Ulrich Steinhilper	5 (JG52, POW 27oct40)
	"Theo" Theodor Osterkamp	(JG51, + 32 in WW1)  5 - 2    *
	Werner Junck	(5 in WW1) ?
	Gottfried Dulias	5  claimed
	Erich Axthammer	(Ju87 / FW190 pilot) 4  (+ 2 unconfirmed)
	Egbert Jäckel	(Ju87 pilot) "several" according to Hans Rudel

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